02154cam a2200349 i 4500 296015292 TxAuBib 20110920120000.0 081121s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008049265 9781435853225 library binding 1435853229 library binding (OCoLC)277086128 DLC eng rda DLC BTCTA QBX EUF BUR TxAuBib rda Porterfield, Jason. How a depression works [BOOK] / Jason Porterfield. First edition. New York : Rosen Pub., 2010. 80 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Real world economics Includes bibliographical references (pages 76-77) and index. The theory behind depressions -- How depressions start -- Growth of depressions -- Effects of depressions -- Coming out of a depression -- Can a depression happen again?. As the United States teeters on the brink of a severe economic downturn, many citizens have begun looking back at the Great Depression and wondering if it's about to happen again. An economic downturn is not necessarily a depression. Here, the mechanisms of a depression, its causes and effects, and how it develops into a worldwide situation are explored. The Great Depression is used as an illustrative thread running throughout the book to bring compelling, vivid life to the principles discussed. Other notable depressions throughout history are reviewed. While stressing that depressions are rare and unusually extreme instances of the ordinary downward movement in the business cycle, readers' anxieties are further addressed through uncomplicated, informative sidebars.--From publisher description. 20110920. Depression Juvenile literature. Business cycles Juvenile literature. Business forecasting Juvenile literature. Real world economics.